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Washington
Lowdown
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Willis Thornton
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A Little Disturbed
Loaded for Bear
Class to This -
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During the absence on va- !
cation of Rodney | Du'tcher, i
Herald Washington !
Banner illis Thornton
carrespondent, Willis ’ i
will write the daily Washing- *
ton col.lnln.
WASHING rON— (#) —The gOV~ %
apment 18 beginning to get its |
nooks into radio from two angles"
hnd some hroadcasters are begin-l
hing to be 2 little disturbed. i
The new f .deral communications i
ommission (FCC) begins hearings;
october 1 on & sublect tha¢ has als !
ready fUrrow ed many a radio brow l
_he long-standing proposal to set
wside 25 per cent of all broadcas»-’
g facilities fop educational, x'e]i-l
gious and similar non-profit Ol‘-|
ganizations. i
That “25 per cent of all facilities"l
might mean to take away 256 per (
cnt of the allotted wavelengths |
from stations that now have them'l
or it might mean compelling all of |
wem to donate 25 per cent. of their |
time to such uses. i
The senate defeated such Pros;
posal lasy session but the law cre-}
iting the FCCT provided that It
make a report on such plan. That's |
«hat its approaching hearings al'e!
about i
mhis proposal to allot radio time!
{0 educational programs has been |
going the rounds for years, spon-i
sred by such educators as Dr. Joy |
Elmer Morgan, National Education |
association editor. i
It has never gotten to first base.i
and there are some who say Con- |
sress provided for the present study i
in mere desperation, after hearingi
s much about It l
s
|
Hearings will be before the broaal
st division of the FCC, conslsets
ine of Judge THugene O, S_v!:es,i
Thad H. Brown, and Hampson
Gl‘.t"\ ‘
The National = Association otf]
broadeasters is all loaded for bear |
to spike the plan with a barrage of
testimony, and educators ana;
chureh and patriotic soetety leaa
ers are equally primed. ‘
Broadcasters are particulm‘ly‘
sore at the provision of the pro- .
posed plan which would allow non-I
profiy organizations to sell time on
beir programs—on’the theory that
they would s2ll just enough to
Make expenses. ”
Broadcasters not only. say “Oh,
veah,” to that, but they claim that
orly about 25-30 per cent of the
Dinimum of 12 hours they must
roadeast is sold, anyway, even
nder zood conditions. {
They claim they're delighted to
welcome on the ai, any equeationar
pograms that have the slightest
!,W" interest, because it saves
them jus; that much sustainingl
T’v"f"ll?':!‘w ¢xpense, \
: There will be quite a lot of shoot- |
ng over this—mostly blanks—be
fiuse the commission at present |
@'t do anything but report. But:
" be back in Congress again
iater ‘
rr\" : P - oy
o 0 Sings hook in radio is in
£ d oy the federal trade com
‘ I's now getting copies
r'e:{:-\-’ tUising programs from prac-
S Avay station in the country,
. ¢hecking them over to see that
;v contain no false or mislead
-2 tements,
.‘. Urpose is to put radio advertis
.~ -0 the same footing as news
thony ‘”vlvi‘.:::mng Vi T
In +
a 0 Months the FTC received
«0.000 programs te combn
, - “ew violations were founa
“ich a call may now be sent
I Ul stations at any time.
e
i . vames True who is helping
:v. ¥ x.n«l[h,.,- of those organi-
NS one is called “Awmers-
W : ’_ Is the newspaperman
€ : into the headlines last
: beéing barred from NRA
S ‘lerences by General John
_' '+ Brooks Johns, who used to
. Ann Pennington in the
h Sought a new stun; to
g : L night club near here. He
‘ , v!‘ lator ]'”-‘n(i Zoom over the
bor. .nd pitch out a champagne
immeq o ot the wall o 8 Wy
(s . 2@ ToOf—“T christen thee
t 1) the Bappi® o
¢ to build an addition to
érior D"‘l"’ll‘tmpnt to houde
. ’7!- kesian employes. A
nuaro -0 Wil be addsa W
¢ : T'hat will enabhle the In
t lce, bureau of mines, na
-3 *Kservice ang such, al
Dy . ‘mu’)nf the huilding by
0 Ner £ -
L, to.gef ‘-‘n‘f]il i;lllflrgpv;\;y oo
‘o * s ere's no
‘ “fi()go\.‘,ng. The First
g o _"“'“'“‘.\' made winter en
-7_l& far aheag as Janu
% '~.;l';'*.‘;.n-r”mu§h people are
X g to drift back into
o Fina) backward look at
Seven s+ ‘_".‘es;ear 'Of code-making:
%ok in gl9 6‘.?6 Washington hetels
=/b396,000 during the yeas.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
gl s e
Circus Lionls Slain
After Causing Near
Panic in Richmond
Beast Escapes From Cage
During Street Parade
In Virginia City
2 HORSES ATTACKED
Crowd Flees in Terror;
Lion Shot to Death
By Circus Hand
By WARREN McNEILL
Associated Press Staff Writer
RICHMOND, Vs. —{#)— Circus
guapds today shot to death a rag
ing lion after the beast had broken
open his cage in a circus parade,
pulled down a wagon horse and
scattered crowds in terror.
Leaping across the radiator of an
automobile, the lion opened up the
strect and turned on a second
horse, sinking his teeth into the
animal’s head.
Then Patroiman John Robert
Paul, advancing aimost under the
hoofs of the agonized horse, shot
five times. Angry and hurt, the
big jungle beast bounded down the
street, finally taking refuge in the
Hankins-Johann sheet metal works.
Employes fled and the doors to
the building were closed.
A circus guard with 4 high-pow
ered rifle opened one of the doors
and fired four timeg at the beast
whose roars could be heard in the
street outside the building. Then,
accompanied by policemen, -the
guard entered and one of the of
ficers finished the wounded ani
'mal with a pistol bullet.
| The crowd was terror-stricken
'as the lion hroke open the cage
nad leaped to the street. Before men
!and women and many children had
'an opportunity to start running the
great beast sprang on the neck of
ta. horse pulling one of the wagons
land dragged the animal to the
' ground. . " re e el
At great risk to himself Patrol
man Paul rushed in close and fired
five timeg from his revolver and
the lion released the horse and
trotted down the street, apparent
ly not seriously wounded. The of:
ficer said he thought three shots
struck the lion.
The crowd cleared the street
quickly, jamming through doors,
fleeing down side streetg and
across lots. The avenue at the
point is not thickly built up, and is
near the Fair grounds.
The lion then entered the sheet
metal works about 200 yards from
the tcene of the escape the more
venturesome came back on the
streets and preceded cautiously to
see what would happen until police
officers forced them back. They
could hear the Lion’s roars in the
building. %
The employes of the building
erected a run way from the door
along the side of the building so
that the lion, in event he should
break open the door, could not run
back inte the street.
Listening carefully to ascertain
what part of the building the beast
occupied, the officers and guard
opened one of the doors anad the
guard took deliberate aim and fired
four times from the high-power
ed rifle. The Hon sprang about on
the machinery, but fell as the
guard continued to fire, each of the
four bullets apparently taking ef
fect., With the lion down, the men
then approached and ‘the police
man’s pistol ended his life.
MAKE INSPECTION
ASBURY PARK, N. J.—(AP)—
Membera of the department of
commerce board of injury inves
tigation the buring of the Liner
Morro Castle, went aboard the
Charred Hulk Tuesday for an in
spection of the wreck. et
THE NEws IN A NUTSHELL
The Athens Peach ball will be thz
center of attraction tonight at th
Athens Country club from 9 to 1.
There will be fifty-nine contest
ants for the title of the “Peach of
Athens.”
Lyman Carrier, chief agronomist
cut of the Washington Soil Erosion
Service office will he here on a
tour of inspection either Thursday
or Friday.
The Fashion Revue that was to
be held in conjunction with the
Peach Ball tonight hag been called
off.
Sevedal people whose property
was being advertised for sale to pay
oveidue taxes have either paid or
made satisfactory arrangements
for payment on the installment
plan.
The State hoard of the League of
Waonen Veters will hold its meet
ing in Athens the second Wednes-
Ell;' “t;tn(-)—é;c;)rfiex: as guests of the
local League.
Several Athenians are going to
Elberton tomorrow to attend the
Tenth 'district congressional con
vention which declare s Congress
man Paul Brown democratic nom
inee.
Lincoln Ellsworth
And Party Sail Today
For Antarctic Trip
DUNEDIN, N. Z.— (#)—Lincoln
Ellsworth and his fellow expeai
tion members sailed Yoday for the
Antarctic aboard the Wyatt Earp.
arly in the year when Ells
worth returned from the Antarctic
after the failure of a previous ex
pedition, he said he was just about
through with delibérate a@venture.
He saig he wanted a home.
“l want to make one more flight
—then I'm 'through,” he said in
reference to his ill-fated South
Polar expedition.
The explorer recently denied his
plans called \for the delivery of
medical and food suppllss to Aa
miral Byrd's camp, as was publish
ed in a statement by Dr. Francis
Goman of Baltimore, Ellsworth's
physician.
NEW YORK CHURCHES
FIGHT LOTTERY PLAN
Action of City Board of
Aldermen Condemned
From All Sides
NEW YORK—(®)—A broadside
of criticism was directed toaay at
the city's proposals to raise reliel
funds through new taxes and a
municipal lottery. Threat of a
legal fight against the lottery was
voiced.
No sooner had the board of al
dermen and the board of estimate
passed the hurridely drawn-up
measures than protests were rals
ed iln several guarters.
The Rev. George Drew Egbert,
president of the society for the pre
vention of crime, said the lottery
would “sap the morals of our citi
zens.” He said the soclety is con
sulting attorneys to declde what
legal action to take.
Mayor F. H. LaGuardla, who ac
cepted the lottery plaa after his
original proposal for ralsing money
had been rejected, admitted a lot
tery stood about one chance In ten
of being declared legal.
The New York ‘federation of
churches voted a “vigorous” con
demnation of the scheme. The
board of trade, through its presi
dent, Percy C. Magnus, said ‘“the
moral sense of the community is
shocked.”
Protests against the tax on fed
eral income taxes and on the levy
of one tenth of one per cent on
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Democrats Seem to Be
Stronger in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE, Wis— (#) —The
Democratic state ticket, strongly in
suppory of Presiden; Roosevelt ana
the “New Deal” appa.ently polled
the biggest vote in the Wisconsin
primary election - Tuesday, leaving
the new LaFollette Progressive
party and the Republicans béehind
a¢ the rate of about 18 yotes to a
precinct.
This was indicated by returns
from more than half of the state’s
2016 precinets.
Governor Albert G. Schmedeman
had a heavy plurality over two op
ponents for the Democratic guber
natorial nomination with more
than half of the state reported.
By Jack Braswell,
Contract to paint the exterior
woodworks of the Clarke county
court house was awarded to E.
Kay & Son and the Buckley Metal
an@ Weather Strip company of
Athens got the contract for caulk
ing the woodwork before the paint
ing is done.
Athens High School P.-T. A,
will meet Thursday afternoon in
Mell Auditorium with Mrs. George
Story, first vice-president, presid
ing.
A circus lion was shot to death
today after he had broken open his
lcage, pulled down a wagon horse,
and scattered the terrorized crowds.
The United States battle fleet
still hold war maneuvers next
summer in the Puget Sound-Alas
ka-Hawaii trianglein line with the
Navy’s policy of connecting fleet
problems and concentration’ in
areas contiguous to American ter
ritorial waters.
The local shop workers of the
Central of Georgia railway have
voted to have the crafts represen
ted by Federation No. 26 of the
railway employes’ department of
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Athens, Ga., Wedesnday, September 19, 1934
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The unusual sigit of soldiers running in one dirpction while rioters
ecrambled over fences going the opposite direction took place during
the renewal of fighting between striking mill workers and nationa:
guardsmen at Saylesville, R. . Explesion of tear gas bombs initiated
: the two-way retreat.
Local Peach Queen to Be
Selected at Ball Tonight
HALF OF GEORGIA
WORKERS AT JOBS
ATLANTA— (#) —Under the
watchful eye of mnational
guardsmen at some mills—and
with guards absent at other
points—some 2,000 additional
textile workers went back to
their jobs in various parts of
Georgia today, notwithstanding
the national textile strike.
An independent survey indi
cated that about half of the
60,000 textile workers in Geor
gia were at work. Some mill
representatives said the total
number of those working was
several thousand higher, while
in labor circles, some spokes
men said the number returning
to work was over estimated.
DARING LANDING
MADE BY PILOT
Mal D. Freeburg Adds
Another Spectacular Act
To Brilliant Record
ST. PAUL, Minn—(#)—Mal D.
Freeburg, veteran pilot who has
been decorated by President Roose
velt for his ability to mee¢ emer
gencies in the air, has added ano
ther brilliant feat to his recorad.
Trapped in the air when the
landing gear of a Northwest Air
lines plane bound for Chicago fail
ed to function, three women and
two men passengers rode over St
Paul for nearly two hours last
night while Freeburg had his co
pilot, John Woodhead, made futile
efforts to adiust the apparatus.
Freeburg then brought the big
plane to earth with all passengers
safe and slight damage to the ship,
after emptying the tanks of gas to
prevent an explosion while ambu
lances, fire department trucks and
spectators lined the field.
The passengers wers C. W. Schil
ling, Minneapolis banker and Mrs.
Schilling; Miss Celia ¥anzlck of
Los Angeles, Miss Ann 'Beckstrom
of Minneapolis and 8. L. Rinehart
of Chicago.
Ten physicians, firemen, police
and thousands of spectators anxi
ously waited at the afrport as
Freeburg made his nearly perfect
“three-point” landing. "he plane
slid 700 feet as dust and sparks
rose. .
Freeberg has won attention for
a number of feats. On April 12
1932, while he was piloting a plane
with eight passengers an® a Yoaa
of mail, the Ift outboard motor
of the ship became loosened from
its mounting and damaged a land
ing gear while flying near Wab
asha, Minn. He maneuvered the
plane over the Mississippi River
and tipped the plane so that the
engine fell into the river.
For this he received the first
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LOCAL WEATHER
Fair tonight and Thursday,
little change in temperature.
TEMPERATURE
TEIRRReE .. i . %0
FOWORE: V. o 8 . he. . 880
-TR AL SR R| F 5
NOPRRL. ..o L s 1.0
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 h0ur5........ 0.00
Total since SBept-1........ .99
Deficiency since Sept 1.... 1.17
Average Sept. rainfall...... 3.50
Total since January 1..... .38.35
Excess since January 1.... 2.63
Gala Affair to Be Held
At Athens Country
Club From 9-1
The Peach ball at which the Ath
ens Peach Queen will be chosen
and which has long been anticipat
ed -will be held tonight at the Ath
ens Country club from 9 to 1 with
a galaxy of Athens beauties glid
ing across the floor to add to the
splendor of the evening.
. To date there are sixty-two
young and charming nominees who
7ill vie for the honor of represent
k&u&mens at the Peach ball a; the
Hotel Morrison in Chicago next
Monday night. And certainly each
of them secretly hopes that she will
be the one to uphold the reputatign
of Athens for having more beauti
ful lassies than any other town of
its size in Georgia.
The girl who wins will undoubt~
edly have the most complete vaca
tion that she has had in some time.
She will be given a trip ito the
‘World’s Fair, a hundred dollars to
spend while she is there, she will
be driven to Atlanta Sunday ip a
Ford V-8 and whife snhe is in Chi
cago she will have at her disposal
a Ford V-8 with a driver. And It
she is elected Queen of the Chicago
Peach ball, she will be given a
crown and a Ford V-8 with roval
equipage possibly presented to
her by Henry Ford.
The gentlemen sponsoring the
[Peach ball in an effort to send the
most representative beauty to the
Fair are Tate Wright, chairman of
the Century of Progress commisi
sion, C. A. Trussell, chairman of
the Peach ball committee, and Joel
A. Wier, gecretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
Nominees totaled fifty-nine for
the Peach ball today. They are:
Sara Erwin, Mary Cobb\, Erwin,
Grace Winston, Ann Abney, Agnes
Proctor, Eleanor Dottery, Mary
Palmisano, Mary Jo Foster, Fdna
O'Kelly, Agnes Jarrnagin, Ethlyn
Cook, Ruth Heywood, Freddie Hill,
Martha Lee Allen, Edith Conolly.
- Sarah Bryant, Lillian Thompson,
Grace Greenway, Mary Crowley,
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Arson Queen Admits
Burning of Boy, 11
CHICAGO — (#) — Mrs. Bertha
Warshovsky, Chicago's 56-year-ola
“Arson Queen,” so called because
of her alleged connection with in
cendiary fires, has confessed, the
authorities say, that she started
a blaze that cost the life of an
eleven year old boy,
Joseph Pecori, who llved with his
parents in a third floor apartment
above a butcher shop, was the vic
tim of the fire which occurred in
1928. Trapped in the place the
boy was badly burneq berore he
leaped from a window. He died
shortly afterward.
As a result of the reported con
fession Thomas Falone, operator
of the butcher shop at the time,
was arrested yesterday on a war
rant charging murder. Assistant
State’s Attorney Marshall Kear
ney, Gordon Nash, and Jeh® Boye
said they planned to seek murder
indictments against Falone and
Mrs. Warkhovsky today.
RACE POSTPONED
ABORD U. S. C. G. CUTTER
ARGO OFF NEWPORT— ——
The third race for the Ameri
ca's cup between the British
challenger Endeavour, victor in
‘the first two, and the defend
ing American sloop Rainbow
today was postponed urtil to
morrow for lack of a breeze.
Chairman of Strike
Committee In Attack
Upon Gov. Talmadge
Prisoners of Intemmentl
Camp Say Life Is ““Not
Bad at All” }
ALL IN HIGH SPIRITS
Several Men Being Held
“Wonder What Little
Woman Will Say”
BY BEN F. MEYER
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
ATLANTA—(#®)—lnterned in one
of the strangest prisons in the na
tion, 16 women and 112 men ar
rested by mnational guardsmen for
textile strike disorders commented
today that.“the meals are mighty
fine,” and some of them added:
“We're no¢ having a bad time at
all.”
There didn’t seem to be a down
cast person in the camp today, with
the possible exception of a few
men who wondered what the “little
woman” would say when they got
back home. But they are in pri
son “indefinitely,” anq have no im
mediate problem in this regard.
The odd prison, built overnight
at the national guard rifle range
near here, requires no more of its
inmates than that they cause no
trouble. Meals, beds, ice water,
and medical care are free, there is
no work, and they are encouraged
to spend their time pleasantly.
Food ‘“Not Bad”
“And say,” said E. N. Brown of
Hogansville, “i¢ a.4't bad at all. The
grub is a little better than I have
been gltting during the depres
sion.”
But S. E. Boswell, also of Ho
gansville, says with a grin that he
and “some other bhoys” may have
something to worry about.
He learned on the bairbed-wire
fence enclosing tents and the hall
acre men's prison and confidea:
“You see, the little woman doesn’t
know where I®went when I left
home Monday at 2 in the morning
to go to Newnan for picketing., I'll
bet I cateh the devil when 1 get
home,” he said with a grin. “But
some of the other boys are in the
same boat, and I reckon somebody
has told the wife by now that the
national guard took in a bunch of
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RUMORS OF FOUL
PLAY ARE SPIKED
Investigating Board Finds
Captain of Morro Castle
Died Naturally 1
NEW YOREK--(#)—Rumors thar
Captain Robert R, Willmott, who
died several hours before his ship,
the Morro Castle, was swept by
fire, had met with foul play were
spikeq today by an ogtlcer of the
liner.
Howard Hasen, fourth office
of the lin¢r, told the department
of commerce board investigating
the disaster that he had been sum
moned to the dead Captain’'s room,
that he had tried to revive him un
successfully.
“And were there any marks of
violence. on Captain Willmotts
body?” asked Karl C. Nielsen, hull
inspector.
‘‘Not that I saw,” was the ans
wer.
Rumors that Captain Willmott
had died from unnatural causes,
probably through poisoning, were
responsible for analysis on his
charred remains.
Quizzed closely about the parg he
played in fighting the flames, Han
sen test.fied he was not familiar
with the operations of certamn
parts of “the Morro Castle’s fire
signal system.
Nielsen remarkedq that it seem
ed “strange” for a ship’s officer to
profess this igmnorance.
The witness said that he had
heard no orders given from the
bridge to lower lifeboats, and that
he had seen no fire doors closed
to block the advance of the
flames.
Freviously, a passenger, Doris
Wacker, 18, of Roselle Park, N. J,
testified that after she had emerg
ed from her cabin to the deck she
'saw no officers about, nor were
there any stewards in evidence to
assist the frantic passengers.
Bilbo Is Apparently
Victor in Mississippi
; JACKSON, Miss.—(#)—Mississip
pi democrats today apparently had
’d‘e<‘ sthempelves a new United
States senator and three new con
gressmen.
With less than 200 of the state's
11,600 precincts missing, former
'Govemor Theodore Gilmore Bilbo
held a lead of more than 4,000
Ivotes over Senator Hubert D.
iStephens in returng from yester
{day’s Democratic senatorial runoff
primary.
The vote in 1,447 out of 1,641 pre~
cincts: Bilbo 95,557, Stephens §Bl,-
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A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday
City of Nome, Alaska,
Doles Out Meager Food
Supply After Tragedy
NOME, Alaska~—(#)—Nome doled
out is ‘meager food supply today
and labored to partially rebuild
the fire-swept ecity before winter
comes.
Damage from Monday's disastr
ous fire was placed at $3,000,000 by
the city council and business men.
In near freezing temperatures.
amid scenes of blackened ruin, city
and federal agencies tirelessty
worked arranging more permanent
places for the several hundreds of
homeless to live. The fooad supply,
which must be used sparingly un
til replenishments arrive in ves
sels from the States, was being
rapidly depleted.
Pledges and moves to bring aid
here from the “outside,” by feder
al, Red Cross, territorial and other
groups, brought cheer to the strick
en city.
LOW INTEREST RATE
ON BUILDING LDANS
Mutual Building and Loan
Association to Aid Con
struction Here
Athenians who are contemplating
repairing or remodelling residence
or busines property, or even erect
ing new structures will be inter
ested in the announcement of the
Mutual Building and TLoan Assoe
iation, elsewhere in this editlon, t¢
the effect that the ecompany has
unlimited funds for this purpose to
be loaned at the low Interes; rate
of 6 per cent.
This reduction In tnterest’ was
voted by the association’s board ol
-diredtors—at its Tuesday meeting,
and when the full significance of
the new set-up becomes geneérally
known it will undoubtedly serve as
a great stimulus to building opera
tions in Athens and Clarke coun
ty.
George HE. Deadwyler, in dls
cussing the board’s resolution, de
clared that the procedure followed
in connection with loans has been
completely diverted of all red tape.
Action on applications will be made
without delay, and where a loan is
approved, the money will be made
available immediately as the assoc
jation is equipped with adequaw
funds to take care of all demands.
Repayment of loans under the
building and loan plan will be ar
ranged on the monthly basis, as in
the past, and with the new low
interest rate, i; is claimed that
monthly payments in most instan
ces should amount to even lYess than
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Police Hunt Slayer
In “Perfect Crime”
NORTHFIELD, Mass. — (#)
Authorities 'are talking today of
the “perfect crime” as they search
for the slayer of Elliott .Speer,
headmaster of Mouny Hermon
school.
The person who slew the educa
tor last Friday night left no tang:-
ble clue and upon only one point
did authorities agree—that the kill
er left the scene in an automobile
which had been parked not fa, from
the headmaster's residence. The
car has been traced to a road leaa
ing to the nearby town of Gill
There the trail ends.
Classes were resumed at the
school yesterday.
Large Circus Crowd Treated
To Fine Performances Tuesday
Several thousand Athenians re
ceived a most pleasant surprise
last evening when they journeyed
a few mileg out on the Augusta
road to attend the final perfor
mance of the Russell Brothers cir
cus here.
Most of thg grown-ups appar
ently went to give the kiddies a
treat, but it’s our guess that the
adults in the large crowd got a
bigger kick out of the show than
even the children. . .
For pure, unadulterated enter
tainment, the Russell Brothers
show is better than anything of its
kind it has ever been our geod
fortunte to witness., Lacking in
the glamour of some of the larger
shows, last night's performance
more than made up for this defi
ciency by the excellent manner in
which the actg were put on.
The skilled trapeze artists fur
nished the paying customers with
thrill after thrill as they “swung
through thg air with the greatest
of ease.” And the troupe of tum
blers staged the finest act we have
ever seen. It was advertised as a
European troupe on its first Am-
HoME|
Corman Flays Executive
Of GCeorgia for Use
Of Militia ;
DENIES STATEMENT
Hopes for Return of
“Decent Government
sV e
In Georgia
WASHINGTON —(#)— The tex
tile strike committee today mada
public g telegram sent to Governor
Talmadge of Georgia which de=
clared “you are writing a record
that is inexcusable.”
Francis J. Gorman, chairman of
the committee, denied in his tele=
gram a statement attributed to the
governor accusing the textiie strik
ers of promoting, encouraging oF.
participating in’ violence, and add- .
ed:
“You have proven yourself am
arch enemy of labor by using the
armed forces of your state to drive
men back into starvation condi
tions and absolute subservience to
mill owners. Your troops have de=
stroyed civil rights and made a
mockery of state laws. You do not
seem even to be aware that the
United Stateg Constitution exists
or that there are federal laws
which guarantee to workerg of"
your state and all states the right
to organize into unjons and bars
gain collectively through those
uniong wil] mill management,
| First Violence
“The first violence in this strike
occurred in your state becausge it
was in your state that armed and
irresponsible agents of mill man
agement opened fire on defense
less and law abiding workers. You
are writing a record that is inex
cusable and that recalls the ters
rors of middle ages when workers
were serfg and siaves, either In
boundage or ownership.” s
Expressing a hope for “a return
of decent government in CGeorgia,”
Gorman told the governor:
“Your statement in an Associe
ated Press dispatch appearing in
newspapers of Georgia under o:fi‘
of Sept. 14 to effect that textils
workers) are promoting, encourags
ing or participating in violence, or
seeking to cause violence in Geors
gia is contrary to every report
received in this office. We have
no reports indicating violence in or
about mill properties except where
instigated by armed thugs in mill
employ or by militia called out by
youself {o drive mill workers back
into these mills and to force a
surrender of their cause to mill
owners. B
Challenges Statement R
“You say that mill workers have
petitioned you to call out the-na
tional guard. I challenge you to
produce a single petition of this
nature that was not signed by mill
employes under intimidation, coer=
cion and threats of mill manage
ment. You are quoted as saying
mill workergs have petitioned for
different code and for thirty hour
week. Mill workersl are not asking
code amendments and strike has.
no referencec or relation to coda.
“We are striking against mans
agement and that only. You mis«
represent the facts when you at=
tempt to make citizens of Geogla
believe the code is a law and that
the strike ig a violation of the iaw
and T think you know it. , More=-
over, the code fixes only the min=-
imum wage and the maximum
hours leaving all wages above the
minimum and all decrease in hours
to management and employes, and
the law guarantees the right to
organize and bargain collectively
for that purpose.
“You say no one has authority
to make such petition except the
code commission of NRA. If you
refer to the code authority you are
informed that no such exclusive
powers are lodged in this! or any
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erican tour, and the members cer=
tainly lived up to all the advancs
dope on them. .
Not the least important phasé
of the show was the work of the
trained animals, which upheld the
position get by the actors. The
“dancing horse” amazed the spec
tators by keeping perfect time with
the music as it pranced gracefully
before the crowd. Much credit is
dug the trainers of both the horses
and the elephants. :
And there’s one more act which
can't possibly be omitted in our
mention of the features. Our hat
is off to the man who got on &
plain old wagon wheel and climb
ed a whole flight of stair-steps
without aid of any instrument to
maintain his balance. It wag ‘the
first time we had ever seen any
thing of its kind. It was really
remarkable. e
The entire performance was
run off with great smoothness, and
the Russell Brothers show is cer
tain to be given a cordial welcome .
on its return to Athens next W
son, G
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